The first woman from Monaco has gone into space

Seventeen years after paying $200,000 for a ticket to space, Monegasque resident Namira Salim took to the skies on Friday with the American company Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic announced the success of the Galactic 04 mission on Friday. 

Welcome back to Earth! Our pilots, crew and spacecraft have landed safely at Spaceport America in New Mexico.